VOTE FOR THE AUDIENCE PRIZE WINNER UNTIL 18 OCTOBER 2020 - see below

6 September 2020
Czech Institute of Informatics - CIIRC
Jugoslávských partyzánů 3
Prague 6

On Sunday 6 September, the postponed Czech National FameLab 2020 Final took place in modern, roof-top premises of CIIRC at CTU. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the number of people in the audience had to be limited. 

JURY MEMBERS:

  • Marie Vanišová-Rodinová (biologist, FameLab 2011 finalist),
  • Michael Londesborough (chemist and science communicator)
  • Jan Klusák (physicist, FameLab 2012 national winner)

The jury members had, yet again, the very difficult task of deciding who the awarded contestants would be. Focusing on the scientific content, clarity of presentation and charisma of the competitors they reached the following decision:

THE NATIONAL WINNER of FameLab 2020 Czech Republic: JANA PILÁTOVÁ (Charles University, Prague). Jana will represent the Czech Republic at the FameLab International Final, which has been rescheduled to November and will be streamed online.

The CZECH CENTRES PRIZE was awarded to ANNU KALA (Charles University, Pilsen) who will be spending a week-long residency at one of the European Czech Centre offices in 2021.

THE BRITISH EMBASSY AWARD (RUNNER-UP) went to JOSHUA SMITH (IOCB Prague)

Congratulations to all contestants for their fantastic shows. We wish you all the best of luck in your future science communication careers.

The AUDIENCE PRIZE, which is donated by the Tomáš Baťa Foundation, will be awarded to the winner of online voting. You are cordially invited to VOTE ONLINE for the Audience Winner until 18 October 2020 using this online form , where the video of the event is available for you. 

We would also like to thank all our FameLab 2020 partners for their support:
British Embassy Prague
Czech Centres
Thomas Bata Foundation
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Academy of Sciences
Non-profit organisation Adeto

Our special thanks go to prof. RNDr. Eva Zažímalová, CSc., President of Czech Academy of Sciences, and to RNDr. Vojtěch Petráček, CSc., Rector of CTU in Prague, for their auspices.

The National Winner FameLab 2020 in CR Jana Pilátová; photo ©

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Denise Waddingham, Director of the British Council Czech Republic, opening the event; photo ©

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Jury: Michael Londesborough, Marie Rodinová a Jan Klusák; photo ©

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The event took place in the Penthouse conference room / CTU Prague 6; photo ©

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Guest David Miklas presents face masks developed for health professionals by Czech Technical University in Prague; photo ©

Tomáš Belloň